Featuring legal talent from McCarter & English
Rocking for SOUL (Student-Athletes Organized to Understand Leadership)

Meet Amperband, the legal & musical legends from McCarter & English who are as equally in tune with each other as they are with their clients! Why are we called Amperband? It's our tribute to the mighty '&' symbol, the unsung hero that connects words & phrases, like we connect legal arguments & our Amperfans to chart topping hits from the greatest eras of music.
Amperband was formed in 2023 when the band debuted at Johnny Cash Bar & BBQ in Nashville, where we rocked so hard, we made sure even the Man in Black himself would've demanded an encore. Since then, Amperband has graced stages in NYC & Florida with our distinctive three guitar sound. We're now taking our talents to DC because nothing says "fight for your right to party" like an Amperfamily reunion. 
Amperband boasts as much expertise in riffs & rhythms as we do in regulations & rulings. Our ensemble includes seven members from five offices & a whole lot of legal wit & musical talent. So, if you think you are Amperfan material, welcome to the Amperfamily! We got the moves like Jagger & maybe even a few legal puns that are so bad, they're criminal!

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Featuring legal talent from Federal Communications Commission; USTelecom; Wireless Infrastructure Association; Meta; Verizon; Somos
Rocking for Miriam's Kitchen

Harmful interference was formed in the Spring of 2019 with the quickly achieved goal of becoming the world’s greatest telecom lawyer rock band. The band presently includes telecom industry legends Kelly Donohue, vocals/keyboard/gong/80s flair (Meta, formerly FCC, Wilkinson Barker Knauer); Joel Bernstein, bass/definitely not vocals/next-level conversation skills (Somos, formerly Temple Strategies); Randy Clarke, drums/practice space purveyor/smoldering intensity (Verizon, formerly FCC, Lumen); Patrick Halley, guitar/vocals/off-color humor (Wireless Infrastructure Association, formerly FCC, USTelecom, Wilkinson Barker Knauer); Kristi Thompson, vocals/percussion/robocall cop (FCC), Brandon Heiner, vocals/guitar/gear master (USTelecom, formerly Hill staff, Lumen), along with telecom outsider Jozsef Szamosfalvi (Interlink Capital Strategies, highest scoring scrabble name in the history of Law Rocks DC with 53 points).

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Featuring legal talent from Maryland Office of the Attorney General; Kator, Parks, Weiser & Wright; Lutzker & Lutzker
Rocking for Young Artists of America

Forged from the remains of a law school band, Lex Loco is DC’s most original up-and-coming cover act. From The Beatles to Britney, these attorneys-by-day, rock-stars-by-night deliver banger after banger to a boisterous bunch of beloved followers. In fact, the only thing more dangerous than Lex Loco on stage is Lex Loco in legal practice.

Lex Loco is Lexi Pozonsky (lead vocals), John McWhorter (lead guitar), Ethan Barr (guitar and keys), Derek Fischer (bass, not the basketball player), and Will Elman (drums). The band will be raising money for Young Artists of America, which offers orchestral and musical theater training for elementary through high school aged students in the DC area.

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Featuring legal talent from Mintz; Verizon; The Author’s Guild
Rocking for Guitars For Vets

Morgan & The Missed Opportunity is a collection of legal and other DC policy professionals who deliver advice and counsel on vexing communications, copyright, and defense policy questions by day and turn up the volume on Americana and classic rock after dark.

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Featuring legal talent from Akin
Rocking for Legal Aid DC

Night Work consists mostly of attorneys from the DC office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, now simply known as Akin. The name Night Work was devised by a broader group of Akin musicians across the firm’s many offices in honor of the firm’s founder, Bob Strauss. Mr. Strauss famously said to a client that “You’ve given us your night work; now can we have your day work?” The DC band’s genesis dates back to the 1980s, when trade partners Steve Kho and Tom McCarthy starred in their high school rock band No Outlet. Steve and Tom have since toured the country with their own bands, and Tom continues to record and play with his bands No Second Troy and the Reserves (those names are included to encourage you to look for them on streaming services). They reunited at Akin and secretly added rock ’n roll musical talent to the lateral partner recruiting criteria for the DC office. Drummer Scott Alberino, a leader in Akin’s Financial Restructuring practice, is routinely selected as one the greats by himself and his bandmates. Top DC lobbyist Brian Pomper, who normally plays guitar, found his purpose in life playing bass for the band. Lead vocalists Jennifer Richter (Telecom) and Matt Nicely (Trade) are regularly compared to Fleetwood Mac by associates at the firm looking for bonuses.

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Featuring legal talent from Venable; Dickinson Wright
Rocking for Friends of ROAM

What’s that Noise?! Once upon a time in the early 2010s, a group of friends set forth on a musical odyssey, insistent on keeping theelectrifying soul of alternative rock alive. United by their passion for the genre’s rebellious spirit and groundbreaking melodies, Noise in the Basement was born – a tributed to the legends of thelast few decades whose songs you passionately sing along to today. NITB shows take you on a thrilling musical rollercoaster, blasting your favorite alt anthems, while slinging genre-bending curveballs – swinging between old and new tunes with finesse, keeping audiences on their toes. So, slip into your Chuck Taylors, Doc Martins or Vans, and let NITB remind you why alt rock has owned the airwaves and possessed your very soul.

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Featuring legal talent from Willkie Farr & Gallagher; Interactive Brokers; McGuireWoods; IRS Appellate Division; Shulman Rogers
Rocking for Gifts For The Homeless

The Precedents have been together for 18 years. We are the band that all others must follow.